Welcome back to Something About Coins! The U.S. Mint's numbers for the new Yellowstone quarter are higher than the Hot Springs quarter but very low compared to prior years, the first article reveals. The basics about coin prices and what consumers need to understand is discussed in the second, and a historic coin hoard is uncovered in another. Those are just a few of the exciting coin articles linked below! Enjoy!
2010 Yellowstone National Park Quarters Mintages, CoinNews.net
The United States Mint today published the production figures for the Yellowstone National Park Quarter — the second issue in the new America the Beautiful Quarters™ Program. The circulating mintage total for the quarter-dollar is 68.4 million, with 34.8 million struck in Denver and 33.6 million from Philadelphia. The levels are higher than those of the scarcest Hot Springs coins, which were issued earlier this year and remain the least produced quarter in decades. Those came in at 59.6 million, with 29 million from Denver and 30.6 million from ... Click for coin article
Understanding pricing, CoinValuesOnline.com
Sometimes, a weekly column focused on details of the market like this one appearing in Coin World needs to take a step back and discuss the basics. It seems that the public dialogue about coins has increased recently, bolstered by high precious metal prices and a ready supply of people eager to exchange assets like coins for quick and easy cash. Unfortunately, as one news story appearing on Page 1 of the July 12 issue of Coin World reveals, many people are choosing to sell their coins to national traveling buyers, often temporarily located at hotels, and some consumers are being ripped off ... Click for coin article
Coin Rarities & Related Topics: 1793 Half Cents, Chain Cents, Wreath Cents, 1808 Quarter Eagles, CoinLink.com
Although some expensive coins that appeal to advanced collectors will be discussed below, this column is largely introductory in nature. Learning about one-year type coins is important. Furthermore, many are not expensive, and may be especially reasonable in modest grades. ... My aim here is not to provide a lesson on type coins. Rather, I am mentioning some one-year type coins in the upcoming Boston ANA auction in August and discussing the general significance of these issues ... Click for coin article
Gradeflation Opens Up Questions, NumisMaster.com
No one can deny that third-party grading services have been a boon to our hobby; yet their contribution to the gradeflation that has occurred over time has been something less favorable to acknowledge. As a professional grader for over three decades and one who helped developed the strict technical grading standards used long ago, I see the results of gradeflation each day at work. In 1976, at the first third-party grading service (INSAB), we used grading to describe what a coin looked like. Our grading was like an auction catalog in ... Click for coin article
Huge Roman coins find for hobbyist, News.BBC.co.uk
The hoard of more than 52,000 coins dating from the 3rd Century AD was found buried in a field near Frome in Somerset. The coins were found in a huge jar just over a foot (30cm) below the surface by Dave Crisp, from Devizes in Wiltshire. "I have made many finds over the years, but this is my first major coin hoard," he said. After his metal detector gave a "funny signal", Mr. Crisp says he dug down 14in before he found what had caused it. "I put my hand in, pulled out a bit of clay and there was a little Radial, a little bronze Roman coin. Very, very small, about the size of my fingernail." Mr. Crisp ... Click for coin article
Gold Digger: Beachcombing makes a rewarding passion, NYDailyNews.com
Sizzling temperatures are sparking a gold rush this summer. Sunbathers escaping to city beaches to beat the heat drop coins, watches and jewelry every day. This free-for-all draws treasure hunters, like Philip Ocasio, who comb the sands with state-of-the-art metal detectors as well as sand shovels to scoop up the loot that gets left behind. What got you into treasure hunting? I started in 1976 when my brother introduced me, and there were no permits back then — you could dig anywhere! Now I hunt with the Bronx Explorer's Treasure Hunting Club ... Click for coin article
New ANA Virtual Museum Exhibit Features Spectacular NGC-Certified Commemoratives, NGCcoin.com
The American Numismatic Association has launched a new online exhibit in the ANA Virtual Money Museum. The ANA collection consists of approximately 225,000 numismatic objects from the earliest invention of money to the modern day. Since only a small selection of these items can be displayed at any given time at the ANA Money Museum in Colorado Springs, online exhibits in the Virtual Money Museum allow other portions and temporary exhibits to be more widely shared ... Click for coin article
History Of Coinage In The U.S., SFGate.com
Before the first coinage act in the United States, citizens of the U.S. exchanged goods and services through the barter system. At this time no coins were available except for various foreign coins such as the widely traded and trusted Spanish real dollars. With the signage of the constitution and with a newly formed nation that allowed Congress to coin money, the first coinage act was proposed and passed Congress under the Presidency of George Washington. This article will cover a brief history of coins and events that surrounded changes ... Click for coin article
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